Mississippi Studies Chapter 3 The European Period

In the chapter preview, who was discussed as the leading explorer to the Far East?

• Marco Polo

• Christopher Columbus

• De Soto

• La Salle

Silk is a fabric made out of what?

• Soybeans

• Corn

• An insect

• Cotton

As Marquette and Joliet discovered the lower Louisiana, they also discovered two important rivers. They are the following:

• Missouri and Tombigbee

• Arkansas and Colorado

• Mississippi and Arkansas

• Mississippi and Ohio

When the French landed in Mississippi in 1699, what was the location of that landing?

• Jackson

• Ship Island

• Vicksburg

• Natchez

What desires did Europeans have when they came to Mississippi?

• Gold and silver

• low tariffs

• no slavery allowed

• safety from the Indians

A large amount of the settlers in the Natchez District supported which side during the American Revolution?

• Rebels

• Loyalists

• Indians

• Slaves

The art of making maps and charts

• Geography

• Cartography

• expedition

• Geometry

Discovered the Mississippi and Arkansas Rivers

• Marquette and Joliet

• La Salle

• De Soto

• Marco Polo

Area of land politically controlled by a distant country

• Communities

• Towns

• Counties

• Colonies

City founded in 1718 in the Louisiana Province

• Natchez

• New Orleans

• Memphis

• Biloxi